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02-06-2004, 02:55 PM
The Friday night reads.
I think Roger - 40 Stude Dude - started something good here.
I’m hoping too that others will chime in with their stories. From some of the bench racing excursions I’ve been involved in - there’s been quite a few - it’s a doggoned shame the best ones will never see print and some will never see the light of day again. A few of the characters I know could fill a library shelf with some of their little extravaganzas, adventures and plain old “it just kinda happened” stuff. They have a little history to add to the mix as well and it’s always fun visiting with these guys.
If you stop and listen, some of the stories their wives tell are pretty darned good and maybe closer to the truth as well as perhaps a little less heroic. I love girls, but the ones I know are straight shooters and you just can’t get away with much. Best part of all the storytelling is when they toss a little pearl of wisdom into the mix. The wives and the storytellers.
Pearls or not, there are some real gems out there. Stories and girls.
That said, what follows in a few hours are some stories of my own, some embellished, some not. Call it fiction and why not? The best stories, fiction or otherwise come from truth.
For those who’ve read the Pinky book, you will recognize some of the characters from that book. As well as a view of a particular occurrence from the eyes of another. All of which may go toward answering some questions you may have had from the Pinky book or at the least, simply adding a little more information to the adventures of a lifetime.
A few of you may recognize the first part of this book as a short story that was posted to the old Rodders Roundtable several years back. It was expanded into a complete book and is in fact, my first fiction book. The Pinky book is number five in the series.
This book, “The Red Roadster” is posted here for several reasons. I’m not going to attempt to have it published. As well as I didn’t want to leave it in the dusty recesses of the closet never again to see the light of day. It’s the first book in a series of seven, all about life on the coast as well as the two things us guys love the most. Our girls and our cars. You will find several things - stories, locale and characters - in this book that have a presence in the later books.
Mr. Ryan has graciously allowed me to post the complete book here as a serialized piece. It will be in installments of 35-50 pages each Friday until the end.
First installment early this evening.
I hope you enjoy it.
I think Roger - 40 Stude Dude - started something good here.
I’m hoping too that others will chime in with their stories. From some of the bench racing excursions I’ve been involved in - there’s been quite a few - it’s a doggoned shame the best ones will never see print and some will never see the light of day again. A few of the characters I know could fill a library shelf with some of their little extravaganzas, adventures and plain old “it just kinda happened” stuff. They have a little history to add to the mix as well and it’s always fun visiting with these guys.
If you stop and listen, some of the stories their wives tell are pretty darned good and maybe closer to the truth as well as perhaps a little less heroic. I love girls, but the ones I know are straight shooters and you just can’t get away with much. Best part of all the storytelling is when they toss a little pearl of wisdom into the mix. The wives and the storytellers.
Pearls or not, there are some real gems out there. Stories and girls.
That said, what follows in a few hours are some stories of my own, some embellished, some not. Call it fiction and why not? The best stories, fiction or otherwise come from truth.
For those who’ve read the Pinky book, you will recognize some of the characters from that book. As well as a view of a particular occurrence from the eyes of another. All of which may go toward answering some questions you may have had from the Pinky book or at the least, simply adding a little more information to the adventures of a lifetime.
A few of you may recognize the first part of this book as a short story that was posted to the old Rodders Roundtable several years back. It was expanded into a complete book and is in fact, my first fiction book. The Pinky book is number five in the series.
This book, “The Red Roadster” is posted here for several reasons. I’m not going to attempt to have it published. As well as I didn’t want to leave it in the dusty recesses of the closet never again to see the light of day. It’s the first book in a series of seven, all about life on the coast as well as the two things us guys love the most. Our girls and our cars. You will find several things - stories, locale and characters - in this book that have a presence in the later books.
Mr. Ryan has graciously allowed me to post the complete book here as a serialized piece. It will be in installments of 35-50 pages each Friday until the end.
First installment early this evening.
I hope you enjoy it.